Thanksgiving Bore Leads to Wild House Misadventure
Lorrimer, a bored bachelor bank heir, wakes on Thanksgiving to a surprise visit from a woman claiming to be his wife. A warehouse of mistaken identity and a frantic attempt to avert scandal unfold as friends stage a ruse to save his social standing. In the end the joke backfires revealing a dramatic, if comic, truth and a plan for a quiet evening with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Torrimer
Chris
Lorrimer
Miner
Ian
Tye
Dinon
Crosby—Ruttan
Mieke
Lorimer
Hazard
Sme Mer
Tee
Lorrie
Ald Hazard
Auison
Crosby
Del's
Differences Over Thanksgiving Holiday In US History
The article notes a split between states and the national government on Thanksgiving observance. It cites Oregon in 1593 as an example where the governor set a separate day, while some residents followed the presidential proclamation and others honored the state despatch.
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United States
Oregon
Washington
First Thanksgiving in England After Gunpowder Plot Discovery
The article recalls the Gunpowder Plot attempt and its impact on English history. It notes that a 1605 conspiracy to blow up Parliament was thwarted, avoiding a mass execution of rulers. Parliament had imposed penalties on Catholics for worship in public, facing opposition and repeal efforts. The discovery led to nationwide thanksgiving, a practice later abandoned in recent years.
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England
Guy Fawkes
S Land
Chicago
Peoria
St Louis
Cleveland
Columbus
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ques & Crescent
Louisville & Nash- Vile
Pour
Thanksgiving origins and a tale of fear and laughter
An ancient discussion traces Thanksgiving to Moses with claims it predates the Israelites while noting Christian era adoption. A physician’s diagnosis of actinomycosis frightens Mrs Mike as she dismissively mocks the idea that a small man could bear such a disease, revealing regional humor and fear in the tale.
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Mike
Womai
Phwat
Ape's Revenge and Oddities From a Ragbag of News
A chaotic FOREIGN and domestic miscellany recalls an ape attacking a man in a count’s room after a bouquet incident, and a sequence of quirky notes on machinery, beauty powders, Holland door customs, tall and short brothers near Chicago, a whale-struck Empress of Japan, celluloid uses, and a vast fresh meat cargo to London.
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P Webb
Webly
Alma
Patrick Weir
Neso
Webb
Patrick Webb
Tod
Holy Land
Tiverton
R. 1
Holland
Chicago
Japan
Vancouver
Hong Kong
Yokohama
London
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Eee Gee and
Eldtindiine Baeadens
W Wade
Fragmentary note on a new faculty and editor
An incomplete, archaic dialogue fragment discusses a new faculty and an editor. The lines show the speaker claiming some understanding without assistance, hinting at a scheme and fate without providing clear context or events. The text is unreadable in places, offering limited substantive detail.
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Orrimer
Tsay
Moses
Mra
Docther
Motel
Bose
Ai. G. Hiyama
AteGe
Theuane
Fin
DMAHA
Collese
Cony
Lion Nerve
Kansas
Tre
Lorida
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